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 Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:41 pm
Work was slow today, there was only one album to go through and sharpen up the sound. Even while doing this AJ wasn't all there. His mind was constantly wandering. Ever since he had taken in Damaris he had always worried if she really thought of him as a father. After all having lost her first family it had to be hard to attach herself to another parent figure.
The mans hand held his headphones up to one ear though the music that came out of it was gibberish. He was lost in thought, concentrating on his role as a father. Work called a lot, and he didn't have as much time to spend at home with Damaris as he would like. Her dragon also had a tendency to get the better of him, once that thing came to live with him the bills, the food bills especially went through the roof.
It was hard for him though to get too mad at the dragon, or make him sleep outside like he really wanted to. He knew Damaris would get completely pissed at him, and despite his worries about whether or not he was being a good enough father he did love her regardless.
Damaris called him dad, she gave him hugs, talked to him, but that nagging thought that it was all just an act to make him happy was always in the back of his mind. He didn't realize how big of an impact the accident had on Damaris. He knew she was terrified of thunder storms because of it, but he didn't know that she had grown more attached to him than he would have thought possible so early on. His worries were normal for an adoptive parent, however he dwelt on them more than was normal.
Now Damaris was pregnant, that thought always came into his mind when he thought on his daughter. She was undeniably pregnant. It was actually pretty funny, his initial reaction, he thought some boy took advantage of her. It took the techs and teachers a good hour or so to convince him that it was part of her animal DNA, and that it was an accident on one of the techs parts. While in a strange sense that did calm him down a bit, he wanted to find that careless tech and ring his neck. It seems that Damaris did pick a few things up from AJ, namely worsening her temper.
When they first sat down to talk about the news Damaris wanted to keep the baby, and AJ became supportive and told her that they could scrape by and that he would support her taking care of the infant. However as time went on and Damaris went to see counselors she had a change of mind, but not a change of heart. After she told him she was going to give up the baby her mood swings became worse, and her depression deepened. It worried AJ beyond all rationality. He lost sleep, didn't eat, lost weight all because he was worried about his daughter. Even though he questioned his own worth as a dad, it seemed he was no less than that.
AJ was spacing out something fierce, it had been almost an hour now that he had just been sitting there getting nothing done. A knock came on his door finally snapping him out of it. His boss was standing there scowling at him, bad sign. AJ sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. Pulling down some levers and pressing some buttons. Doing his job until his boss left view of the window at his door. Even though AJ started actual work, his mind was still lost in worry and concern. Like any good fathers mind would be.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:22 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:18 pm
The few days proceeding Damaris' first real date were euphoric for the girl. Even her father was stunned by her amazingly good mood. She had her blinds open, she cleaned her room, and she hummed most of the day. AJ wondered if maybe it was one of her mood swings, though usually they didn't last this long.
Red knew better though. He realized just why she was so happy, and he was happy that she was happy. Mainly because of the fact that she defended Red when AJ got home and started hollering at him about eating everything in the fridge. He was laying on her freshly made bed listening to her humming to herself in her bathroom that was attached to her room. She had fed him very well the past couple days as well. He was quite a content dragon. He figured the more she was happy, the more he would be happy. As soon as this good mood ran its course he'd have to remember to track down that boy that did this to her.
Damaris was standing in front of the mirror, her head tilted to the side as she brushed her hair. She had that quirky smile on her face that she had on most of the time before the pregnancy. Her face was bright and cheerful, she even started working on a painting again. The easel and canvas was standing in her room, she was painting a portrait of Valens.
She couldn't believe how wonderful of a time she had, and how excited she was to have a real boyfriend. She wanted to go around telling everyone she knew. She managed to keep it from AJ though. If he found out he'd be less than thrilled. The man was over protective of Damaris and she wouldn't put it past him to spy on them during her next date.
That aside she was glowing. She barely even thought on the pregnancy that was plaguing her so. Valens was all she could think of. She was infatuated with him and in the stage where all she could do was think about him and what he was doing. She was most definitely a teenage girl.
The reactions he had to the fireworks and to some of the most simple things put such a big smile on her face. He was thoughtful, and bashful too which only made him cuter in her eyes. The girl thought the world of him just as any first love would.
She finished with her hair and skipped out of the bathroom and over to Red giving him a smooch on the cheek before wandering over to her easel. She could only do this from memory but seeing as he was the only thing registering in her memory it wasn't that hard.
While Red was glad that Damaris was treating him so well he couldn't help but feel just a little bit repulsed by just how lovey dovey she was acting. He needed to get away from that for a bit. The dragon jumped off her bed and lumbered down the hall, he went to a window and laid in the sunlight much like a dog or cat would. The nice dry warm sun felt great on his scales, soon he was drifting off to sleep. While he didn't understand what it meant, the dreams he had then had a touch of silver to the normally all blue atmosphere.
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:44 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:15 pm
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